Gordon Gekko, the man that taught us that "greed is good" (well...not exactly), is making a comeback in a sequel to 1987's Wall Street. Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas are on hand. Will Gekko be affected by the banking fiasco?

I had a couple of Hrs to burn yesterday during the day...I went to College Point and saw "The Soloist"

I liked it, I wish there would have been more music. I'm a fan Jamie Foxx and he didn't disappoint as Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless man with remarkable musical talent and he is also remarkably schizophrenic. At first i wanted to laugh at Foxx's rendition of the crazy guy but then i realize it wasn't very funny at all, it was actually very sad. Ayers grasp of reality may be tenuous, but his sense of self is incredibly vivid. Sometimes it may get melodramatic but the film was different, less Hollywood-ish and better than I expected. Ayers and Lopez are intense and very complicated...it worked. I guess the drugs did Downey a whole lot of good after all...LOL

I just saw "Frozen River." I really liked it, although it is a bit depressing. Melissa Leo received a best actress nomination and I believe the writer/director received a screen writing nomination. Both were well deserved. What I like best about it is that, although it seems like it takes place in North Dakota, it actually takes place in upstate New York, near the town of Massena. I've visited that area and it does seem as far removed from JH as the Dakotas. Give the movie a shot.

I like Melissa Leo. She does a lot of the Law & Orders. I was really happy to see her get recognition for this film. Still haven't seen the movie yet but lately I haven't seen ANY movies.

She was also a regular on "Homicide: Life on the Streets" and she appeared in one or two episodes of "The L Word." The only reason I saw this movie is that I finally caved and joined Netflix. They are much more efficient than I thought. It has allowed me to catch up on all the really good small films that I missed.

Very good. "My Dog Skip" stars Kevin Bacon who's quite wonderful, Diane Lane and a Jack Russell Terrier. It's a Southern story about a friendless shy boy who grows up with his puppy Skip. The puppy becomes a well known character in the small town and it is through the puppy that the boy transcends his shyness and grows up. Kevin Bacon's performance as a bitter WWI Medal of Honor winner crippled from his act of heroism on the battlefield who cannot adequately express his love for his son is very moving. This is a tremendous and restrained performance.

"Marley and Me" was surprisingly good. Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston from whom I didn't expect too much were good ... really good ... as a couple from falling in love to marriage to competing careers and raising their children along with their Cesar Milan failure of a puppy who grows up to be very naughty (discipline challenged) and very wonderful family pet. Marley (named after Bob Marley) becomes the subject of Wilson's, a reporter, newspaper column.

A young and loving family ... smart, educated, attractive, responsible grappling with what we all suffer through sans drugs, booze, beatings, car chases, swearing, terminal illness, adultery, teen pregnancy, criminal acts, shootings, racism, self hatred and children who hate their parents and beat up their teachers.

Grey GardensStarring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange

The Bouvier relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy who, because of hardtimes, inability to cope with their precariously dwindling finances and just plain loopiness make headlines in the sixties because of their bizarre living conditions, in a once beautiful but now crumbling decaying mansion, Grey Gardens, in Southampton. The mansion that falls on hard times where raccoons, hundreds of feral cats along with its human residents Edie and Edie Biele, mother and daughter live with tons of garbage, no hot water, no electricity, no heat, leaking ceilings and walls falling down, no friends and, of course, no money. They have only themselves and their house and their memories of a time long gone. Grey Gardens is one of the stars of films. It is a metaphor for the lives of its human residents. Once rich and beautiful filled with servants and music and parties and children and a not so happy couple it gets old and decrepit.

The parents divorce, the house falls into disrepair because there is no money for upkeep. Slowly their friends disappear, hopes for a career on stage or movies becomes impossible, a transient love affair does not survive. Only the love of the mother and daughter survives all. A couple of brave documentarians, the Maysles, willing to film their wretched lives as is recreates the dreams and hopes for both mother and daughter. No rewrites, no makeovers, no scripts, no second takes ... just a hand held camera and the Bieles as they are.

Barrymore is an American treasure. It is one of the finest performances ever ... on a par with the best of Bette Davis, Kate Hepburn and Patricia Neal. Barrymore is Barrymore ... brilliant, moving, funny, sad and triumphant!!!!!!!!! She was always a good actress but this role puts her in another pantheon. She is a pure joy to watch.

I went to, and enjoyed, both the Wolverine and Star Trek film. Particularly Star Trek was really really good.

Wolverine was good but i was upset that all these freaks...oops, i mean "Mutants' didn't use their powers properly...OMG, can you imagine me throwing fire from my eyes Imagine me freezing stuff up at will and even being made out of unbreakable materials. I would be one bad MO F'... :2funny:.

I would open a Mutant power maximizing school. I would have hooked up with the most powerful mutants and believe me...

Star Trek was really interesting...but how did young Kirk break into the program Spock wrote and circumvent it so as to beat it's outcome?